Insta-Update on An Oregon Senator In The News

Here's an update on yesterday's video showing U.S. Sen. Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.) tangling DC-style with U.S. Sen. Jim Bunning (R-Ky.):

Bunning has now backed down from his filibuster blocking the extension of unemployment benefits, no doubt disappointing Democratic political consultants who couldn't have been handed an easier political point than the image of a Republican unabashedly halting help for the unemployed.